AMA CPT® Assistant - 2020 Issue 8 (August)
Frequently Asked Questions (August 2020)
August 2020 page 14 Frequently Asked Questions Surgery: Musculoskeletal System Question: How should treatment of a nonunion avulsion fracture at the base of the left fifth metatarsal be reported when the surgery consists of excising the bone fracture fragment? Answer: This procedure is reported with CPT code 28122, Partial excision (craterization, saucerization, sequestrectomy, or diaphysectomy) bone (eg, osteomyelitis or bossing); tarsal or metatarsal bone, except talus or calcaneus. It would not be appropriate to report a fracture repair code when excising a nonunion fragment. It also would not be appropriate to report a repair of nonunion/malunion code when only...
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